John Pandell

John Pandell is a corporate and commercial partner who provides advice on strategic corporate matters, including shareholder disputes and purchase and sales transactions. He has a leading practice in commercial real estate development acting on the purchase, sale and financing of retail, commercial and industrial properties. John is the Chair of the Firm's Corporate Team and has his MBA from Ivey School of Business.

John leads teams on all aspects of commercial real estate, primarily in the area of land acquisition and development, with an emphasis on big box retail for major clients, including Wal-Mart. He also has particular expertise advising clients on abortive real estate transactions.

John also combines his business background in advising companies on corporate matters, including shareholder/partner disputes, commercial agreements, the purchase and sale of businesses and the reorganization of companies.

John’s real estate practice encompasses all types of real estate transactions,including the purchase, sale and financing of retail, commercial and industrial properties. He has negotiated and drafted all types of agreements, including agreements of purchase and sale, encroachment agreements, joint venture agreements, site plan agreements, cost sharing agreements, easement agreements,reciprocal easement and operating agreements and restrictive covenant agreements, in connection with the acquisition and development of properties throughout Ontario. John works with litigators on adversarial transactions to protect a client’s rights, whether they be a vendor or purchaser. He works with environmental lawyers on the acquisition or sale of contaminated properties. He also works with bankruptcy and insolvency specialists with respect to the acquisition or sale of portfolios.

John’s corporate practice involves working with tax counsel on corporate reorganizations and succession planning, including estate freezes and rollovers. He also works with M&A teams on major acquisition and divestitures drafting share and asset purchase agreements. He has particular expertise acting for shareholders and partners in adversarial disputes,including excising their rights and remedies under shareholders agreements,such as shotguns and rights of first refusal. John has experience structuring joint ventures, in particular, real estate and retail limited partnerships.